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Duration 21 hours
Course Outline
1. Introduction to OpenStack
- The evolution of cloud computing and OpenStack
- Key features of cloud environments
- Cloud models
- Private, public, and hybrid models
- On-premise, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
- Public and private cloud deployments utilizing OpenStack
- Open source versus commercial OpenStack distributions
- Various OpenStack deployment models
- The OpenStack ecosystem
- Core modules
- Foundational tools
- Integration capabilities
- The OpenStack lifecycle
- OpenStack certification pathways
- Dedicated OpenStack lab (VM) for course activities
2. Practical management of OpenStack cloud
- Familiarizing yourself with OpenStack
- Core OpenStack components (Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Heat)
- Interacting with the OpenStack cloud
- Communication flows between OpenStack daemons and APIs
- Keystone - Identity Management Service
- Domains, projects, users, and roles
- Service catalogue and endpoint management
- CLI client configuration files (openrc and clouds.yaml)
- Procedures for creating users and projects
- Glance - Image Service
- Cloud-optimized images
- Image attributes (properties, metadata, format, container)
- Image upload and download processes
- Neutron - Networking
- Overview of Neutron architecture
- ML2 plugins for Neutron
- Fundamental Neutron network resource types
- Networking operations on Compute Nodes
- Management of tenant networks and subnets
- East-West routing
- Management of external/provider networks
- North-South routing
- Handling Floating IPs
- Administration of security groups and rules
- Anti-spoofing measures and port security
- Networking quotas
- Validation of Neutron services
- Nova - Compute Service
- Nova architecture overview
- Hypervisor interfaces
- Keypair administration
- Flavour management
- Instance parameter configuration
- Instance creation procedures
- General instance management
- Assignment of Floating IPs
- Use of interactive console and console logs
- Application of security groups
- Accessing instances via the metadata namespace
- Monitoring instance interfaces using tcpdump
- Live migration of virtual machines
- Cinder - Block Storage
- Volume parameters
- Volume creation
- Volume management
- Attaching volumes to Nova instances
3. In-depth analysis of Neutron and its OVN backend
- OVN architecture overview
- Key OVN components
- ML2 - OVN versus OVS driver
- Top-down approach to OVN networking
- OpenStack logic (Neutron database)
- Northbound database
- Southbound database
- Logical datapath pipelines
- Logical flows
- OpenFlow flows
- Neutron networks and OVN logical switches
- Logical ports and their classifications
- Switching flows
- Neutron routers and OVN logical routers
- Types of NAT
- Routing flows
- Neutron subnets and native DHCP
- DHCP flows
- Security groups within OVN
- ACLs and Port Groups
- Security group flows
- Port security implementation in OVN
- Summary of OVN Northbound tables
- Information flow within OVN
- Integration of Neutron DB, OVN NB and SB DB, and OpenFlow at OVS
- Logical flow tracing
- Definition of microflows
- L2 layer tracing
- L3 layer tracing
- DHCP tracing
- Physical flows - OpenFlow
- The physical lifecycle of a VM-originated packet
- Physical tracing
- Tracing hypothetical packet paths
- Tracing real packet movements
- Inspection of Open vSwitch databases and resources
Requirements
- Comprehensive networking expertise
- Fundamental understanding of the cloud computing paradigm
- Practical experience in administering Linux operating systems
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